Seine



A. MATTSON.

SEINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1920.

,g8 9 Patented Aug. 9,1921.

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A TTORNEY.

111? iii ANDREW IVIATTSON, 0F IBELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

SEINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

Application filed January 15, 1920. Serial No. 351,660.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW Mnr'rsori, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellingham, in-the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Seine, of which the following is a specification.

liiy invention relates to improvements in pocket seines, the kind adapted to be towed while fishing to hasten the entry of fish into the pockets where they are securely impounded.

I was granted a patent of the United States for a seine on June 1st, 1915, Number 1,141,128. My present invention, while of the same general character, is radically dif-' ferent in detail. In operating my earlier invention ob ections were found to the 1nflexible character of the structure beneath,

the water. Injury was caused when passing over shallows before protective changes could be made. There were also lacking other structural details which made operation diilicult. These objectionable features have been overcome in the present invention and changes introduced which enhance the fishing efficiency .and convenience of my seine.

The objects of my invention are to produce a seine into which fish may be readily directed and impounded while it is towed, which may be easily and quickly adjusted for passing over shallows, and which may be quickly changeable to a nonfishing form for towing to distant points and as quickly returned to its operative form and, condition.

I accomplish these objects with the mechanism illustrated in two sheets of accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my seine with leads or wings in operative position, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of Fig. 1 from which the wings have been omitted, Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. 1 on the line 3-3, Fig. 4 is a cross section of Fig. 1 on the line 4t, drawn on a larger scale, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bottom portion of the side of the seine where the wings are fastened to the pound, drawn on a larger scale, Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a. portion of the bow end of the pound where the wings meet, Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 1 showing that part of the frame where the main entrance is constructed, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view. of Fig. 7 on the line 88.

Similar characters refer to similar parts 8 is V form.

throughout. Certain parts are broken away 1' 1 for lack of space or to show others hidden thereby.

My pocket seine comprises a pontoon supported frame, a box-like net pound hung beneath and wide spreading leads or wings in front, by which the entire structure is towed with power boats hitched thereto.

10 is a firmly braced timber frame of rectangular form except its front end which 11, 11 are pontoons fastened beneath frame 10 to provide additional buoyancy. 12 is a net structure or pound comprising a rectangular bottom of substantially the exterior dimensions of frame 10, a rear end and two sides and a front end inclined inward at 12 12, forming an inclosure except for the mainentrance between spreaders 15. Fastened to the strengthening line on the front end of the bottom and sides of net 12 are spaced rings 12*. Around the entire bottom is fastened lead line 13 to which are attached the leads or sinkers 18 for submerging the net. Around the entire pound on its upper edge is fastened a float line 14 to which are attached spaced corks or floats 14: for retaining the upper part of the web in operative position. Line 141- is fastened to frame 10 at intervals. 15, 15

of the pound, and enters the forward compartment or pocket 19. Leading from pocket 19 into middle pocket 20 is tunnel 12 having float line 12 sinker line 12 and Spreaders 16, 16. Each of saidspreaders has a hole 16 near its lower end and a hole 16 through its body near its upper end, see

Fig. 4. Through said holes in each of a two spreaders mounted in staples 15 on Spreaders 16 is reeved one of lines 16 the lower end of which is fastened to slnker line 12 and the upper end isjfastened to float line 12 after being hauled taut, thus installing said spreaders. Tunnel 12 is retained in operative position. by top guy lines 23 and bottom guy lines 24 fastened to spreaders l6 and frame 10.' There are two' stern pockets 21 and 22ventered from pocket 20 by tunnels 1 2 and 12 respectively.

'lunn'el l2r is constructed like tunnel 12 but ,is smaller. It has Spreaders 17, 1 7 installed like spreaders 16, i6 and is further held in operative positionby guy ropes and 25 has Spreaders l8 lSa-nd'guylines 26, 27. Slings 28, 28 are used to support the bottom of web 12 when in operativeposition' andy to draw the entire web close up beneath,

irame10 to dotted position 13 for distant towing: Said lines are fastened tocleats 29, 2 9 on frame lOand are on the exterior of the 7 web but fastened to the bottomaox same 'at eyelets 28, 28?.- V left-hand w n gs.

30 and 31 are'theright and 32 is the sinker lineon the lower edge ofwing 30 and 32-, 32 are-the sinkers thereon. 1 33 is the float line on the upper edge of wing 30,]and 332.333? are the floats thereon. 34 is the sinker line on wing 31','a11 1 345, ea are the sinkers thereon. 35

'is the iloat'line on wing"31"'and 35, 35 are floats" thereon. 36 are rings fastened at "sp'aceddistances on-the inner ends of 30jand 3fand register with rings '12; 36 is v a line "lace-dth'rough rings 12 and 36 h); 218

ten the wings; in operative relation with the tront- 'end of 12. 37 37, and37 are the towline, bridle and spreader fastened to the outer 'en'dof wing 31. 38 38 and 38 are re spectively the towline, bridle and spreader fastenedjto'the outer endof wing 30.

A power 4 lines 37-and 38 and the seine. is drawn slowly through the water in the operativeposition illustrated." Fish coming against the inside of the wings are led to the entranceot-the pound, through the portal between spreauors 15, 15 whence they enter bow pocket 19, thence through tunnel'l2 into middle pocket 20 where they arequite securely held, and

.'thence'fthrough tunnels 12 and 12 into=- pockets-21 and 22'where they are securely iin pounded andmust await the convenience "of the fishermen" to remove 7 them.

quickly-lraised and stowed snugly beneath" clear the f bottom.

*lVliile fishine it han Jen that the net passes through water too shallow itta to rise in stapleslzig lii If the waterboconi'es so shallow "that spreadcrs 16, 17 and l3 also ground? they are released'in' similar n1aner and nothing but the net itselt remains to dra over'thebottoni. This also can-be Tunnel 12. is of similar construction,

wings boat is hitched to each of tow JV hen this occurs the Spreaders, 15 and 15 are quickly released by untylng lines l5, 15- and"perm1tt1ng thenr Letters Patent is,

frame, a web; fishpoun'd fastened beneath said "frame-having a plurality, of" pockets with communicating openin 's, a pair: of

J I I spreaders reinovably fastcned'to'the sides oi:

tened toithebottom of said pound,'and float pound. V I i 2. In selne in combination, a fioatable '1'. In a seine incombination, 'a'float'able disclosed iny inv'ention, what I claim 1s new and; desireto secure by- V fastened tothe top ofsaidframe, web fish pound fastened'beneath said frame j having an opening in its bow end andla plurality-of pockets with'coi'nmunicatingi openings, a pair of'web wings re-- pound, pair of spreaders removably ass tened to the sides of each ofsal'd openings,

' sinker lines with sinkers it'astened to the bot-- I w1ngs,and float V 7 toinfof said pound and said lines with'flo'ats fastened to the top of, said {pound-and said wings. I

' ln'a seine in; combination; afioatable frame, a web fish pound fastened beneath niovably fastenedQto the bow endbfsaid said frame havingan openingin its bow end and a plurality of pockets with commu-nicating openings, a pair of web wings reinovably fastened to the bow end of said pound, a pair of Vertical Spreaders removably his toned sinker lines with'sinkers fastened tothe'bottom of said pound and said wings', lloat lines with" floats fastened" to" the top of saidpou'nd to ,the' sides of' eachoi said openings,

and said; wings, and -a pluralityof rope ends of which Eraine.--

frame, a 'web iish pound fastened beneath said frame having a plurality of pockets with communicating tunnels, a pair of verti cal spreaders removablyfastened, tothe out-V let oi each of said tunnels, eaclif spreader having a hole through ts body belowanda hole through its body above andarope ree'va l 1 5 through saidfhol'es' and fastened belowxto saidtunnel bottom and above to said tunnel op v I slings-v outside of and beneath said pound'the' t are reinovably fastened to said In a seinein combination, sa iio'atable" ANDREWMATTS m I i said openings, sinker l1ne's with sinnersfas- 

